Agricultural machine.



L. BANGERT.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN- 17, I914- 1',176,020. Patented Mar. 21,1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET I- Inventor Attorneys L. BANGERT.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 17, 1914.

1,176,020. Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

21 19 FF" 94 J9 LOUIS BANGERT, OF SALEM, MISSOUIRI.

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE.

' To all whom it may concern:

- zen of the United States, residing at Salem,

and connected to in the county of Dent and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Agricultural Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertams to an agricultural machine, and aims to provide a novel and improved contrivance of that character, which may be employed as a plow, cultivator, harro-w and marker.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an agricultural machine of the nature indicated, of the riding or wheel mounted type, including a floating frame for carrying the earth tilling or engaging elements, and means for connecting the draft animals to the said frame whereby the tongue will be relieved, to a great extent, of the downward strain thereon, in the use of the machine.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a device of the character specified, embodying an arched axle for the ground wheels, and having the tongue attached thereto, in connection with a floating frame for the earth tilling or engaging elements disposed underneath the said axle and connected loosely to the tongue, for the attachment of the draft animals, and lifting or adjusting mechanisms carried by the axle the said floating frame for controlling the vertical position thereof.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of'parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described andclaimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made'within the scope of what is claimed without'departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a bottom view of the machine, a portion of the tongue being broken away. Fig. 2 is .a side elevation of the machine, a portion of he tongue being broken away.

Fig. 3 isa rear view.

In carrying out the present invention, the riding frame includes an arched axle 1, and a tongue 2 having its rear or butt-end. se

cured upon the central or crestportion of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed January 17, 1914. Serial No. 812.781.

- the axle 1, hounds 3 connecting the tongue 2 in advance of the axle, and the upper portion of the axle at the sides of the rear or butt end of the tongue, while braces or stay rods 4 connect the hounds 3 and the basal portions of the spindle of the axle l to steadythe axle relative tothe tongue and hounds. The operators seat 5 is mounted upon the tongue 2, and is preferably adjustable along the rear end portion of the tongue, whereby the weight of the operator may be properly adjusted tobalance or overbalance the machine. The ground wheels 6, which may be of various diameters, are journalcd upon the spindles of the axle 1.

The floating frame, designated generally by the numeral 7, is disposed below the arched axle 1 and the rear end portion of the tongue-2, and includes an angle iron member doubled and bent to provide the U-shaped portion 8' and the diverging portions 9 extendingfrom the ends of the U-shaped por- "tion 8, the portion 8 being disposed forefloating frame also includes a cross bar or strip 10 bolted, riveted or otherwise secured to the'lower flange of the angle iron member at the juncture of the portions 8 and 9, a

cross-bar or strip 11 bolted, riveted or otherwisesecured' to the bottom of the diverging portions: 9, ln'termediate their ends, and a cross bar or strlp 12, bolted, rlveted or otherwise secured to the bottom of the diverging portions 9 at their free or rear ends. The bars 10, 11 and 12'are of lengths proportional'to the forward, intermediate and rear spaces between the diverging portions 9, the ends of the intermediate and rear bars 11' and'12 preferably projecting or extending beyond the diverging portions 9. The cross-barslO, 11 and 12 are provided with suitable apertures throughout their lengths for the passage of bolts or other securing membersto attachthe earth tilling or engaging elements to the same.

In order to attach the draft animals to the-floatin'g'frame 7, an eye bolt providing a draft member 13 has the rear end of its shank swiveled through the forward end or bend of the angle iron member, or'the bend of the U-shaped portion 8,

and the shank of the said draft member 7 is slidable through an eye provided at the free or lower end of a depending or pendant guide arm 14 rigidly carried by the tongue 2. The double tree 15, which is arranged for the attachment of the usual swingle trees, is connected, by means of a clevis 16, to the eye at the forward end of the draft member 13, whereby when the draft animals are hitched or attached to the double tree 15, the draft will be transmitted directly to the floating frame7, instead of to the heel or rear end portion of the tongue 2, as usual.

The double tree which is connected loosely to the forward end of the draft member 13 projects to the opposite sides of the tongue,

. vided with segments 19 for the engagement of locking means 20 carried by the hand levers 18. in order that the hand levers may be locked at various adjusted positions, in the usual manner. Lift rods or hangers 21 have their upper ends pivotally or'loosely connected to the lower or short arms of'the hand levers 17. and have their lower ends slidablethrough suitable apertures in the end portions of the intermediate bar 11 of the floating frame, coiled wire compression springs 22Qbeing mounted upon the rods 21 and having their lower ends seating upon the cross bar 11, while their upper ends en a e collars 23 mounted upon the rods 21. 7

Suitable stops 24 are engaged to the lower ends of the rods 21, upon which the cross bar 11 is adapted to rest or seat, for. sup porting the floating frame from the rods 21, the springs 22 permitting the floating frame to yield upwardly.

The lift rods or hangers 21 serve to loosely support the opposite sides of the floating frame from the axle, whereby the floating frame ma tilt laterally and have a slight lateral vibration, as well as a swinging movement about a longitudinal axis.

Instead of employing the lift rods21, lift chains or hangers 25 connected tothe ends of the cross bar 11 may have their free ends connected to the lower or short arms of the hand levers 18, for permitting the floating frame to be supported bythe hand levers, the chains permitting the floating frame to -move or yield upwardly readily, without pressing the floating frame downwardly, the

floating frame merelv moving downwardly by reason of its weight, or by the action of gravity. 7

Each of the soil tilling or engaging eleemployed in the usual manner,

r formed to engage the soil, whereby the may be'reversed; r

As illustrated in the'drawings, one tooth is attached to the forward cross bar 10 of the floating frame, andfa pair-of theteeth are attached to each ofthe crossbars "1 1 and 12, whereby the teeth will be in a.

V-shaped arrangement, althoughit is to be understood that the teeth may be attached to the cross bars in various manners, accord- 7 ing to the use to which the machine is to be put. i

A depending arm 34 is secured to the central portion of the axle 1', and'to the heel '01 rear end of the tongue 2, for the attache ment of various implements when the floating frame is moved, or for supporting the floating frame, when desired.

In use, when the draft animals are hitched to the double tree l5,the draft will be transmitted, directly tov the floating frame 7, which carries the earth tilling or engaging elements, so as to relieve the tongue 2 of the draft, to a great extent. Thus, the tendency for the tongue to be pulled or drawn downwardly, to the discomfort of the draft animals. is avoided to a large extent, it being observed that the floating frame is connected flexibly toflthelifting mechanisms or devices carriedby the arched axle. The structure of the machine, as a whole, is comparatively simple, substantial and lnexpensive, as well as being convenlent, practical and efiicient 1n use.

j The present machine may be employed r for plowing new ground, ployed for cultivating, as well as marking or laying off the-soil Ineithercase, should the teeth 26 engage rocks or other non-yieldable obstructions, the teeth will yield or spring to'disengage the same. The present teeth when constructed of comparatively rigid stock or bars, will effectively tearv up smallrocks and sprouts or other objects from the soil. may also be employed for pulverizing or stirring the soil for cultivating. grain, and vegetables, or for harrowing the soil. The

or may be em- 'ios or harrowingthe soil,

The teeth 5 sizes of the teeth may vary, according to the uses to which the machine is to be put.

It will be evidentthat by, employing. a suitable number of teeth, the-machine maybe 7 for marking off corn land, or the like,-1for facilitating the dropping or planting of the seed, 7

The floating .frame may be readily ad justed by manipulating the hand levers 18, as will be obvious, the lift rods 21 supporting the floating frame, and the springs 22 permitting the floating frame to yield, as a whole, upwardly. If the lift chains 25 are employed in place of the lift rods 21, the floating frame will drag upon the soil, which is desirable in harrowing, the lift rods 21 being employed when the machine is employed for plowing or cultivating.

Particular attention is directed to the fact that the axis of the draft member 13 and the longitudinal median line of the floating frame are in alinement, and that the arms or portions 9 of the floating frame diverge rearwardly, whereby the draft will be transmitted from the draft member 13 along divergent lines to the earth tilling elements. Thus, the floating frame when being drawn over the ground, will tend to maintain a normal straight line position, although it is to be noted that the floating frame may swing laterally and vertically. Another salient feature of the invention resides in the fact that the sides of the floating frame are loosely supported by the hangers, whereby the floating frame may sway or swing sidewise or laterally, as well as yield or swing vertically, and furthermore, the floating Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cent frame may swing about its longitudinal median line or the axis of the draft member 13. The floating frame may therefore accommodate itself to the irregularities of the surface of the soil in a most efficient and practical manner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In an agricultural machine, a sulky frame having a tongue and ground wheels, a floating frame disposed below the axle and embodying a doubled member having its bend disposed foremost and its arms diverging rearwardly, a draft member slidable through said bend and having its rear end swiveled to the bend of said doubled member, a double tree connected to the forward end of the draft member and projecting to the opposite sides of said tongue, and means carried by the sulky frame for yieldably suspending the opposite side portions of said floating frame;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS BANGERT.

Witnesses H. A. BENNETT, L. O. WARE.

5 each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

